In this updated anthology Ethel Pochocki (author of Once Upon a Time Saints) has selected a mixture for older youth of “soldiers and sailors, kings and queens, doctors, lawyers, beggars, thieves, poets, diplomats, fools and cranks,” and she has told their stories in her characteristic lively style.

Spanning the last 500 years, and told in a vivid and readable way: this anthology includes St. Thomas More–who refused to be bullied by King Henry VIII; St. Joseph of Cupertino–who just could not help levitating; Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha–who grew up among the Mohawk Indians; St. Maximilian Kolbe–who gave his life for another; and many other heroic and lovable personalities, with special attention to those living in more recent years.

She shows how brave and generous such people were; how they challenged the society they lived in; and how they have since become light-bearers to enthral future generations of young people. Beginning with the Mexican Indian, Saint Juan Diego, born in 1474, and spanning 500 years, these 33 chapters include modern men and women, such as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta and Jean Vanier, as well as old favorites such as SS Teresa of Avila, Philip Neri and Francis de Sales.

The author shows us how human and attractive their lives are, whatever the century they lived in, as they spring to life in these pages!

For 6th Class and above